Two Treks Through the Same Trauma, With and Without Social Support
This article expands on a hospital diary I began after my second coronary bypass surgery in 1987. My wife, son, and daughter were close at …
Myths and Truths about Academic Research Projects
Tom Green, Ph.D. Myth #1: Your research project has to be brilliant, truly impress the committee and be published in a prestigious research journal. Truth …
Data Collection Methodologies for Health Research Projects
Health research is commonly based on a priori knowledge about particular conditions or diseases, and the factors or measures that predict the presence of these …
Compiling and Managing NHANES Datasets
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has carried out multiple national studies with measures on a variety of health aspects, and includes data on …
A Quick Guide for Choosing the Appropriate Statistical Test
How to Know Which Statistical Test to Use The most important step in choosing the appropriate statistical test is to know what the variables of …
Toward the Valorization of Lexical Obfuscationizationism in Academic Discourse: Some Recommendations
Suffixation: A suffix is a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative, e.g., -ation, -fy, -ing,-it is (My computer, July 16, 2016). Suffixation can …
When to Use the Mean, Median and Mode
Mean, Median, and Mode Sometimes you get very similar results with all three. Like when you have a normal distribution. Mean Usually, the mean is …
Definitions and Measurement Scales
Definitions Statistics: A Branch of mathematics that involves techniques for dealing with sets of numbers Summarizing them Describing them Figuring out what they mean 2 …